March 2015 Archive

Design Indaba Expo 2015 – Cool Hunting

Festival News • 9 Mar 15

Cool Hunting's Cajsa Carlson selects the South African designers who grabbed her attention at this year's showcase. >
Crossing continents and disciplines

Profiling • 9 Mar 15

Don't try to pigeonhole Kossi Aguessy. He was born in Togo, grew up in the US and is now based in London. Oh, and he is both an artist and industrial designer. >
Handwoven wall mats by Bofred

Product Spotlight • 9 Mar 15

Bofred teams up with Sisters 4 Sisters to create textile wall art. >
Flower power

Design News • 10 Mar 15

Design studio K&i has created an identity system for the City of Tshwane’s bid to become a leading green capital in Africa. >
Designing sounds for William Kentridge

Design News • 10 Mar 15

For musician Adam Howard, the opportunity to collaborate with South Africa's most well-known artist signalled a shift towards "sound-agnostic" composition. >
Visual journal: My favourites from Design Indaba

Festival News • 10 Mar 15

9Lives' Liezel Fourie picks her top exhibitors at Design Indaba Expo 2015. >
Skog Kids range by Skog Kids

Product Spotlight • 11 Mar 15

Skog Kids launches a new range of South African-made furniture for children. >
Taking wearable technology to the next level

Design Frontiers • 11 Mar 15

The wearable technology industry is still in its infancy but local scientists from Stellenbosch are quietly revolutionising it. >
Ng’endo Mukii weaves history and heritage into textured animations – Designboom

Profiling • 12 Mar 15

Designboom profiles Kenyan artist and animator Ng'endo Mukii, who interweaves the history and heritage of African identities into films >
Dan Wieden: Digital revolution will ‘transform us or render us inert’ – The Drum

Inside View • 12 Mar 15

Dan Wieden who coined the Nike tagline 'Just Do It' spoke to The Drum following his appearance at Design Indaba Conference 2015. >
A feast for all the senses

Lookbook • 12 Mar 15

Maranda Engelbrecht deconstructs a special meal at Babylonstoren for a fuller, more sensual experience. >
Girl power

Inside View • 12 Mar 15

Local creator Danelle Malan is using her XX chromosome power to push the male-dominated comics universe further. >
The tricking part

Lookbook • 13 Mar 15

Andrzej Urbanski's paintings may look like they were made by a computer, but the love for colour that fuels them is 100% human. >
"Keep In Touch" by Dope Saint Jude featuring Angel-Ho

Track of the Week • 13 Mar 15

A sassy track with catchy wordplay by Catherine St Jude, a new female rapper from the Cape Flats. >
Take Five

Take Five • 14 Mar 15

The stories that most captivated readers this week ranged from high-rise farming to a small-scale kids’ furniture. >
Honey-Comb shelves by Leg Studios

Product Spotlight • 15 Mar 15

This new shelving system from South African trio Leg Studios pairs delicate copper connectors with raw wood. >
The DeskStand by RCAgency

Product Spotlight • 16 Mar 15

It’s said to be as deadly as smoking and sugar but have no fear, Cape Town-based designer Ryan Roberts has created a healthy alternative to sitting. >
Kassena Town by Dokter and Misses

Product Spotlight • 17 Mar 15

Dokter and Misses’ new range of storage pieces is a further exploration of West African Kassena architecture. >
A store design made for walking

Lookbook • 17 Mar 15

Multidisciplinary studio Lagranja Design crafts a contemporary cobbler look for Spanish shoe retailer Tascón’s two stores in Barcelona. >
Shapes in clay

Profiling • 18 Mar 15

Ceramicist Chuma Maweni creates contemporary black-and-white striped conical pots at Art In The Forest, a ceramics centre where young artists are mentored. >
A reason to celebrate

Lookbook • 18 Mar 15

Party Bunch & Co’s illustrated designs blur the line between stationery and art. >
An alternative market stall

Design Frontiers • 18 Mar 15

A studio in New York searches for a way to alleviate the daily struggles of Ghanaian street vendors – and finds it in an unusual place. >
A hustler and champion of local comics

Inside View • 19 Mar 15

Loyiso Mkhize tells us about his local superhero comic, “KWEZI”, which he hopes will become a phenomenon. >
"Masangango" by Mokoomba

Track of the Week • 19 Mar 15

A swirl of sounds by the internationally acclaimed Zimbabwean sextet that gives traditional Tonga music a rhythmic twist. >

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